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INDIA WINS ICJ SEAT

INDIA WINS ICJ SEAT

THE NEWS

India’s candidate Dalveer Bhandari was re-elected to the International Court of Justice after Britain withdrew its candidate, Christopher Greenwood from the bruising competition, faced with dim prospects of winning.

This will be the first time in ICJ’s 71 years of history, that the U.K will not be represented in the world court.

VOTING RESULTS

The Indian candidate received 183 of the 193 votes in the GA and secured all the 15 votes in the Security Council.

Dalveer Bhandari is the fourth Indian Judge to be elected to the ICJ after B.N.Rau, Nagendra Singh and R.S.Pathak.

WHAT IS THE ICJ

The ICJ started working in 1946 with jurisdiction to settle disputes between countries and examine cases pertaining to violation of Human Rights.

The ICJ has its seat at Hague, The Netherlands.

HOW THE JUDGES ARE ELECTED

The ICJ has a bench of total 15 judges who are elected to nine-year terms of office

Five judges are elected after three years to ensure continuity and judges are also eligible for re-election.

They are elected by the members of the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council.

The polling takes place simultaneously but independent of each other.

The candidate must have an absolute majority in both bodies in order to be elected.

Sometimes, it results in much lobbying and a number of rounds of voting.

OTHER KEY POSITIONS IN THE UN

Lakshmi Puri- Secretary-general for Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships.

Atul Khare- Under-Secretary-General for Field Support.

CONCLUSION

It is for the first time that no candidate from a permanent member of the UNSC (P-5) i.e. China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and the United States has found a seat at the ICJ.

The scale of victory shows that India had support cutting across geographical regions.

The will of the General Assembly prevailed over that of Security Council.

This win at the ICJ was crucial for India to gauge the support it enjoys in the world body where New Delhi has been campaigning for reforms, including a permanent seat for itself in the powerful Security Council.

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